Christmas suicide for the Royal blackmailer

  A playboy con artist who tried to blackmail a royal for £50k over gay sex claims was found dead after killing himself with a cocktail of drugs on Christmas Eve, an inquest heard. Socialite Ian Strachan, 40 was given five years in 2008 for demanding a five-figure sum from a royal he claimed had performed a sex act on a male aide at a party. The fantasist blackmailer was said to live a ‘rock ‘n’ roll’ lifestyle and reportedly…